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Format: 16:9

Rio Negro - Black River

Rio Negro - Schwarzer Fluss

In 1542, Gaspar de Carvajal, the monk, wrote: «On the eve of Trinity Sunday we saw to our left the estuary of a mighty river whose water was black as ink, for which reason we gave it the name 'Rio Negro'.» Laurie is travelling for the sake of travelling. In «Black River» she travels along Rio Negro, the river on which she was born, from its confluence with the Amazon and the million-strong city of Manaus to the immense wilderness of its upper reaches in the region where Brazil borders on Venezuela and Colombia.